Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-12-16

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REaRDsLEl's BILL
Tie bill # Mai j NJ. Blardsey for
$3.50 ia The Gregg rape case, it, which h.
INSISTED the states attorney ia the pros
ecu. igg. aud who came in for the hons
shar. o. the cre.ri, for sending Gregg up
for Afe, was brought ~ again this mora
ing for reconsideration and again reject
cd. II was an important ct>r. rnd Mr.,
Enrrkiu, feeling that lie needed some
assistance, asked Mi BearlsIey To assist
bio.. md the hjll WAS endorsed by him
Some OF be supervisors voted againSt
the hill upon the sislcmg nj of supervisor
Heath, of Bowling, who said that he
could BRING witnesses 10 swear that Maj.
Beard>ley bad promised TO prosecute the
case Tor $50 before The states attorney
had spoken to him NJ al, Supervisor
Smith, Of Moline, opposed allowing the
biz very strongly, and stated that he had
h'rE informed thst Mai. B ardsley had
approached certain party and offered
HIM $50 to Ionby the bill through the
board When Mai Beards'ey heard of
thi-. he was very much Incensed. 1nd
meeting Smith in the Rock Island house,
n personal encounter was only avoided
Y jhr interference of friends The
mJor emphatically denied the Charge,
aud demands Of Smith, tnr author of the
statement. The latter, however. refuses
to gillee the name OF his informant.
aid 50 the matter rests.
THE STEWARDSHIP.
The question of the greatest moment
before the board at this session Was the
appointment of steward for The poor
farm for the ensuing year. Applications
we've read frem David NJ Martin and W
H. H. Dow, the present incumbent. An
informal ballot was taken which resulted
Martin 5, Dow 1s,iWm Adams /. A
formal ballot was then ordered, when
Supervisor 0'Connor asked permission
to address the board on the subject, as
he had certain statements TO make which
he thought the board should he acqusint-
ed with in order that the members might
vote intelligently.
Chairman Campbell ruled the superv~
sor from Rock Island out of order, say
ing that he should have made his re-
marks before the informal ballot had
been taken. A motion to allow Mr..
OConnor to speak was lost and the
formal ballot was proceeded with. which
resulted as follows: Martin, ! Dow, Il
Mr. Dow returned thanks 10 the hoard
Tor their kindness, and also to Supervisoi
DCOnnor for the interest shown in hi.
welfare. This sarcasm brought the Int,
Ter to his feet, who repu Hated the ides
that he had any other than a cOnscien'
tious desire to make thorough investi.
cation of the matter, and was personally
friendly to Mr.. Dow.
An ARGUS reporter sympsthizing, will
Supervisor O'Connor for the gag applied
10 lin, led the latter to say that he hat
several reasons for opposing Mr.. Dow
lie did not like the way in which the
McCnloch 4 Heath bill was presented
and that the expenses at the poor farm
for thc past year were more than the
should have been. He gave figure
10 prove that the expenditures for III,
past year were about 81 800 in excess o
Steward Rnhertsnns last ter IN. and tina
1t cost tDe county about So 80 per weel
tn keep each pauper He also had othe
oljcctloas 10 Mr. BOWS management.
Supervisors Murphy and o 'Connor botl
presented resolutions, which were vote,
down, to change the system Of running
Tie county house-to pay the stewart
and his assistants stipulated salaries, in
stead ot allowing the stcward to emplo
his own help The salary Of the stewart
was left the same MS last year--S1 700
CALIFORNIA TOT RIsTs.
The present board Of supervisors ma
he very economical in some respects, bu
If would seem 10 border little on tn
txtraval AMI when it allows Transports
tlon for two INDECENT persons from Rocl
Island to California. Somewhere nea
$50 was voted to send Peter Martin an
wlte there. 1t seems Martin has wea
thy brother there who owns fruit farm
and he wants him to take care of it Will
he takes trip to Europe The Califor
MIA Martin evidently does not thin
enough of his brother, however, to pro
vide for him in any way only when b
himself will derive direct benefit frer
1t. And our philanthropic supervisor
IN the goodness of their hearts, agreed I
send Martin and his wife all the way t
California to spend the winter, so that hi
brother can take trip to Europe. Tn
ayes and nays were not called on th
question, although the money was vote
by good large majority. No doubt NJ
and Mrs Martin will be back here
spend the summer There are gre
many persons who would like to ava
themselves of such cheap trip to Cal
nrnia
Moi ha RraIan